WASHINGTON (7News) — A D.C. Council committee was scheduled to meet Friday afternoon to vote on the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 (RCCA)legislation to "advance a long overdue modernization, ...

The D.C. Council unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would overhaul the city’s criminal code for the first time in more than 100 years. The council sent the bill to Mayor Muriel Bowser to sign ...

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser wants criminals to be held accountable, and she says the changes she’s proposing to the District’s new criminal code to increase penalties for certain crimes will send that ...

The bill, which is not without controversy, must still pass another vote and be signed by the mayor to become law The D.C. Council voted on Tuesday to revamp and rewrite its criminal code — pushing ...